A small study of people who experienced the devastating 2011 earthquake in Japan shows that although traumatic events can shrink parts of the brain, some of those regions can rebound once a person's self-esteem returns. "Higher self-esteem is one of...
Using data from a comprehensive health survey of more than 10,000 people aged 20—75 years living in the United States, the Deakin IMPACT Strategic Research Centre researchers found that poor dental health (as measured by the number of dental...
Vice President Biden said on Tuesday that the USA's colleges and universities have a moral responsibility to "step up" efforts to prevent sexual assault on campuses. Biden's remarks follow the White House Task Force to Prevent Students from Sexual...
...[University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute] senior research fellow Dr Timothy Bredy said the team had shed new light on the processes involved in loosening the grip of fear-related memories, particularly those implicated in conditions such as phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder . Dr Bredy said they had discovered a novel mechanism of gene regulation associated with fear extinction , an inhibitory learning process thought to be critical for controlling fear when the...
This TEDx talk is so powerful it was a TED Editors Pick for the week ... http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Expand-Expand-Expand-Brandon-P;Featured-Talks I will be going in to the prison on Monday and would love to share your thoughts and comments...
The controversial tools are used on emotionally disabled kids at a Mass. facility A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has recommended banning the use of "electrical stimulation devices" to modify aggressive or self-harming behavior in...
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer announced the approval Thursday of $75.3 million in grants that aim to stabilize residents with severe mental illness before they land in jail or suffer multiple hospitalizations. The 20 grants will go to 28 counties for...
By the time you read this, there's a good chance you will have seen articles in consumer media saying that high antidepressant doses in teens and young adults increase their risk of suicide. Watch out, it's not that simple. The study on which those...
School shootings, bullying make the headlines, but they're the exception, expert says Fewer American children have been exposed to violent acts such as assault, bullying, sexual victimization and emotional abuse since 2003, a new study finds. However,...
Girls who are told by a parent, sibling, friend, classmate or teacher that they are too fat at age 10 are more likely to be obese at age 19, a new study by UCLA psychologists shows. The study looked at 1,213 African-American girls and 1,166 white...
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From the Pew Charitable Trusts Home Visiting Newsletter: Even in a legislative body in which gridlock too often stalls progress, leaders from both sides of the aisle recently recognized the value in extending critical help to vulnerable families, and...
To the Editor: Re “ Saving Minds Along With Souls ,” by T. M. Luhrmann (Op-Ed, April 19): While Ms. Luhrmann is correct that mental illness remains stigmatized in American society, the solution she endorses — that evangelical...
A dozen House members want to hit universities where it hurtstheir U.S. News & World Report rankings. This fall, as high school seniors prepare to apply to college, many will scan the rankings provided by U.S. News & World Report. They'll compare colleges' class sizes, tuition prices, the student-faculty ratio, andpotentiallytheir sexual-assault statistics. That is, if some members of Congress get their way. Earlier this month, a dozen...
Seeing firsthand the ways in which primary care and the health care system in general don't work for many of the neediest patients, this med student urges Minnesota legislators to support innovative models of care that will serve patients better and...